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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 06:33:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alex Dubov <oakad@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] MEMSTICK: Add driver for Ricoh R5C592 Card reader.
To: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
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--- On Sat, 7/8/10, Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Btw, I want to add a callback from
> driver to card
> > > driver to
> > > > > be able to
> > > > > reset card in case of error (windows
> driver does
> > > that in
> > > > > case of any
> > > > > error)
> > > > > 
> > > > > I would use most of the
> mspro_block_resume for
> > > the
> > > > > implementation for
> > > > > mspro.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Any objections, suggestions?
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Just toggle a power on it. Power off/power
> on will do
> > > the full reset of
> > > > the controller and the media. You don't have
> to
> > > reinitialize it, as you
> > > > are sure that it's the same stick.
> > > 
> > > Yea, but after such reboot, the device will be in
> serial
> > > mode. So, I
> > > will need to send switch TPC to device. My driver
> doesn't
> > > know how to do
> > > that...., so it would be nice to have callback to
> the
> > > core.
> > > 
> > 
> > Lets ask a different question: why do you think this
> > particular functionality is needed at all? Have you
> encountered any
> > problems which require it (I haven't, btw)?
> 
> I would image using this to verify that stick is still in
> place on I/O
> error.
> 
> If I just power? down/up it, it will loose state, for
> example IO mode,
> reg range, etc...
> 
> But anyway, this isn't very important.
> 

My point was, that problems are better solved as they come.
Windows drivers do a lot of things (like SCSI device emulation), but it
doesn't mean all of them are necessary. Adding code "just because" often
means more work later on.


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